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Fibroids Treatment- No Surgery, Quick Recovery

Uterine fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) tumors that grow underneath the uterine lining, inside the uterine wall or outside the uterus. Fibroids are very common in women during their reproductive years. Many women don’t feel any symptoms with uterine tumors or fibroids. But for others, these fibroids can cause excessive menstrual bleeding (also called menorrhagia), abnormal periods, uterine bleeding, pain, discomfort, frequent urination and infertility. The diagram below depicts different types of fibroids that can occur.

Surgery for uterine tumors can involve removing the entire uterus – known as a hysterectomy. While hysterectomy is a proven way to get rid of fibroids, it may not be the best treatment for every woman.If you want to keep your uterus but not necessarily get pregnant in the future, there are a number of prescription drug treatments that may help to stop fibroid growth or even shrink them. If you hope to later become pregnant, you may want to consider alternatives to hysterectomy like myomectomy. During myomectomy, surgeons remove the fibroids but not your uterus.

Treatment :

Treatment depends on several things, including:

Your age

General health

Severity of symptoms

Type of fibroids

Whether you are pregnant

If you want children in the future

Some women may just need pelvic exams or ultrasounds every once in a while to monitor the fibroid’s growth.

Treatment for the symptoms of fibroids may include:

Birth control pills (oral contraceptives) to help control heavy periods

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) that release the hormone progestin to help reduce heavy bleeding and pain

Iron supplements to prevent or treat anemia due to heavy periods

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen or naprosyn for cramps or pain

Short-term hormonal therapy injections to help shrink the fibroids

Surgery and procedures used to treat fibroids include:

Hysteroscopic resection of fibroids: Women who have fibroids growing inside the uterine cavity may need this outpatient procedure to remove the fibroid tumors.

Uterine artery embolization: This procedure stops the blood supply to the fibroid, causing it to die and shrink. Women who may want to become pregnant in the future should discuss this procedure with their health care provider.

Myomectomy: This surgery removes the fibroids. It is often the chosen treatment for women who want to have children, because it usually can preserve fertility. More fibroids can develop after a myomectomy.

Hysterectomy: This invasive surgery may be an option if medicines do not work and other surgeries and procedures are not an option.